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Armstrong's Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice, 17th Edition
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Armstrong's Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice, 17th Edition

by Michael Armstrong, Stephen Taylor
January 2026
Intermediate to advanced
776 pages
29h 22m
English
Kogan Page
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41 Managing equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI)

Chapter objectives

The aim of this chapter is to describe what is involved in ensuring that proper attention is paid to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in organizations. It is set out under the following headings:

  1. EDI defined

  2. The rationale for managing EDI

  3. Managing EDI

  4. How to manage

  5. EDI Evaluation

EDI defined

EDI policies are concerned with what needs to be done to ensure that employees are treated fairly at work. This covers equality – ensuring that employees have equal rights and opportunities, diversity – recognizing and allowing for the differences between people, and inclusion – enabling individuals of all backgrounds to feel they belong and are treated for who they ...

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